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# Cherykaw

A settlement in Belarus; local name Чэрыкаў.

## English name

**Cherykaw** — Belarusian-based English reference form; Russian-based and dated national-system forms are listed separately where different.

Other forms in use:

- **Cherikov** — Russian-based English form, currently used alongside Cherykaw.
- **Cherykov** — Alternative English spelling indexed in naming data; source-language attribution uncertain.
- **Čerykaŭ** — Belarusian geographical romanization of 2007, recommended by the UN in 2012; dated system form, not a claim that domestic rules remained unchanged after 2023.
- **Czeryków** — Polish historical name quoted in English regional history.
- **Tcherykaw** — French reference spelling for matching French titles quoted in English; not an asserted common English exonym.
- **Чэрыкаў** — Original Belarusian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English.
- **Czerykow** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Czeryków for English retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## French name

**Tcherykaw** — French reference heading Tcherykaw uses tch for ч; Tcherikov is the Russian-based alternative.

Other forms in use:

- **Tcherikov** — Russian-based French alternative explicitly given in the town entry.
- **Tchérikov** — Accented form indexed in French naming data.
- **Čerykaŭ** — Belarusian Latin spelling explicitly quoted in French references.
- **Cherykaw** — International spelling retained for French source matching; the French reference heading uses the adapted main above.
- **Cerykau** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Čerykaŭ for French retrieval; independent prose frequency is unverified.

## About

Cherykaw is a town on the Sozh River in eastern Belarus's Mahilioŭ Region. It serves the surrounding district and lies in a region affected by fallout from the Chernobyl disaster.

## Notes

English Cherikov is prominent alongside Belarusian-based Cherykaw; the latter is selected to retain a consistent Belarusian-language main. French reference heading Tcherykaw and Russian-based Tcherikov are separately recorded. Belarusian 2007/UN 2012 system labels are dated; Belarus changed its domestic rules in 2023. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherykaw ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcherykaw.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q955126](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955126) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/belarus/cherykaw/?format=json)


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